Inside Looking Out

Does anyone remember Grand Funk Railroad's "Inside Looking Out"? It's really not very good, but seems particularly fitting for sub-freezing days and below zero nights. I really wanted to go out and photograph the Sandias from the river tonight, but with my sore throat hanging on, and the temperature at 10º F at 5:00 pm, I decided against it.

I don't think the PNM building downtown ever showed a temperature above 1º F today. It may have frozen and couldn't register above one, or perhaps it was averaging the ambient temperature and the wind chill. The wind was brutal, and bit any exposed bare flesh. UNM closing today probably saved many young women from getting frost bitten bosoms walking between classes and waiting for the shuttle buses. It doesn't seem to matter how cold it gets outside, many young women with cleavage prefer to leave it in plain sight.

Speaking of In Plain Sight, one of my programmers got called to be an extra again for whatever episode they are filming. He had put his name in for another film in 2009, which he never got called for; then last February he got called to be an extra on In Plain Sight. The back of his head made its debut on national TV on that episode. I hope they don't make him stand around in the cold all day tomorrow.

The kitties where out and in a few times this morning before I left for the office. The first time Puck asked to go out, he took three steps out into the snow, turned around and came back in for another hour before he went out again. Guildenstern stays out in the cold and snow much longer than the other kitties. I guess he keeps warm from being such a big cat. The rest of the kitties pop out for a few minutes, then come back in and ask for food.

The weather widget is forecasting seven below zero tonight for Corrales. Since it was down to -4 º F at 9:00 pm, the temperature will probably drop well below -7 tonight at our house. I think I'll stay inside looking out.